Five for Friday is BACK!

It's BACK! Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching...

 

Back at It! (Courtney) 

On Tuesday I went back in and stared at my room wondering what the heck to do first began arranging. This is what I started with....

Basically stuff everywhere. I am trying a new arrangement this year and we'll see if I stick to it. I will post pictures of the finished room when it's all done...most likely RIGHT before school starts!

Rainbow Classroom Library Key (Sarah)

I have a simple color coded system for organizing our classroom library.  More about the system will come in a later post... Since books are color coded in the library, I created a rainbow in Adobe Illustrator to use as a classroom library key. I have never had a key posted, but I think it will be a nice reminder of the oodles of books at their fingertips! :0)

 

At the Zoo (Courtney)

Because school is right around the corner, I'm trying to soak up time with my 3 little ladies. On Wednesday we went to the local zoo with some cousins.  Our zoo recently added an Australian walk about and one thing they had was this cage/bird house where you could go in with a stick that had bird seed on it.  This house held tons (not quite sure exactly how many...to me it looked like about a hundred, but I know I'm exaggerating:) of budgie birds that would fly to the stick. I did not go in...just didn't seem like a fun thing to me with birds flying all around my head, but my girls loved it!

Adventure Awaits!: Suitcase Writing Portfolio (Sarah) 

When I was student teaching first grade many moons ago (20 years ago now), we used a simple pizza box to store student writing portfolios. For the many years since then, I have used various other systems with older students—-binders, folders, files in crates, etc.  When I switched grade levels a couple of years ago (2nd grade), I began to think back to my earliest days of using a pizza box.  The boxes worked well because students were able to collect entries of all sizes, the boxes were easy to access in the classroom, and writings were taken home in a secure container at the end of the year. I decided to start using pizza boxes again—so I have created this fun way of decorating a pizza box into a suitcase.  Writing is truly an adventure for the kids throughout the year! You can learn more in my TpT store...

Smile in a Box (Sarah)

I received a "smile" in a box this week! The rainbow colored, polka-dotted ribbon that I ordered from Hobby Lobby arrived.  When I opened the box, it just made me smile! It doesn't take much... Anyway, I will be eagerly making supply caddies like we posted last Friday when sharing a fabulous pin.  Check out the caddies at Life...As I Know It...!

Finally, fly on over to The Polished Teacher to participate in her wonderful Bloggy Birthday Alphabalooza giveaway! You can win prizes from Sarah's TpT store and Graphics by Sarah Beth store.  Check it out!

So glad you stopped by! Have a splendid weekend!